latest collector hotfix broke my collectors

Andre Thielmann shared this bug 20 days ago
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I have a very simple setup, where 6 collecters are stationary placed over 6 farm plots. It worked flawlessly before the patch. But yesterday only 1 out of the 6 collectors did grab the plant once it was rdy. Today not a single 1 worked.

Iam playing on official Keen Server EU #3


...well i realized, u changed the top connection from small to large conveyer

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update 2, collecting still not working despite that 1 collector which kept working even after the patch - very silly

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I discovered this problem today as well. While I don't know if it applies to the large grid blocks, the small grid Half Block Collectors do not work, or at the least do not collect anything directly in front of them at any ranges. I also operate a harvester system for 24 Farm Plots in each greenhouse, which passes the Collectors directly over the Farm Plots, and the Half Block Collectors fail to harvest anything.

Upon further testing, I discovered that the small grid full sized Collector Block does still work, and will still collect crops from the Farm Plots. I've included a screenshot of the two side-by-side, with one harvesting while the other does nothing.

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I've encountered this as well, I haven't tried to USE them since before the latest hotfix. Prior to the hotfix, they collected crops, but the items they collected got stuck in the collectors. Did some testing, the problem was that they'll pass items to other half-block collectors through their small conveyor ports, but won't pass items to OTHER blocks with those same small ports. I did some more testing with them today, after the hotfix, and this behavior is still the same. I didn't try to have them actually collect anything though, so can't speak to that.

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Hello Engineers,

Thank you for reaching out on our forum regarding this issue.

We are already aware of an issue with the Flat Collector block. You can find the existing report here:

https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/pc/topic/56179-new-flat-collector-side-conveyors-not-working

Could you please compare the behavior you are experiencing with the issue described and shown in that report? If it appears to be the same issue on your side, please let us know.

If not, please provide us with some additional information, including the save file or blueprint of the affected grid, as well as steps to reproduce the issue or a video demonstrating the behavior. This will help us reproduce and investigate the problem properly on our side.

Thank you in advance.

Kind Regards,

Keen Software House: QA Department

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deleted - need to do more testing

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Still not working for me

That one collector, which was working also stopped doing so after the hotfix. (on official server) But after copying the grid into a creative world, that particular collector resumed working. The other 5 stayed broken.

Steps to reproduce the bug: plant some seeds and watch them not being collected after the plant finished growing

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I originally had a situation where the flat collectors would only pass items between the "like" sides (3 white dots to three white dots or red (o) symbol to either (o) or blank sides), and also only the white sides would pass to conveyor junctions, but then you released the hotfix, and the collectors on all of my auto collector designs simply stopped collecting crops altogether. I had four different varieties, two with hinges and two with rotors, and they all stopped working. I even built a "lawn mower", first with a full-sized small grid collector, and then with the flat collector. The full-sized collected the crops, but the flat one currently will not. The strange thing is that I thought the flat collector worked for a bit when I first made it, but now it doesn't.

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